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Dynamic Performance's instructors all over the world share a common goal: to help clients hit their fitness and weight-loss goals with regimented training programs. Trainers lead group workouts that combine cardio with resistance exercises, strength training, and light alligator wrestling. They design the workouts to be as time-effective as possible and vary the routines constantly to avoid workout plateaus that can leave clients feeling uninspired. Trainers empower their students with healthy eating guidelines to keep motivation high outside of class.
During one-on-one sessions, certified personal trainers plan out tailored fitness programs, which clients can take with them to Dynamic Performance’s gyms to continue shaping up on their own.

The trainers at Fitness Edge simplify physical wellness by assembling all the building blocks for healthy living in one place. In addition to meal planning and personal training, their iSweat program – formerly known as Adventure Boot Camp – devotes a solid 20 days to completely reinventing bodies. With sessions held five days a week, the regimen builds strength and endurance through a series of circuit training workout. The dynamic group classes wrap up with a final weigh-in, test of athletic ability, and pat on the back for anyone with enough breath left to whistle the national anthem. Trainers also help out existing athletes with sports training designed to improve play at game-time while simultaneously warding off injuries.

Gretchen Dusseau and Keri Crost faced a challenging paradox: how could those with little time achieve the level of fitness their body needs?This is when they founded their own fitness philosophy, launching System of Strength.
At SOS, Gretchen and Keri's team take participants through a five-part training system that covers metabolic, eccentric, strength, and isometric training, with a healthy smattering of stretching and diet tossed into the bargain. This approach guides each of SOS’s classes, creating dynamic workouts that incorporate exercises such as plyometrics, yoga poses, and Pilates combinations that can be adjusted for every fitness level.
Gretchen and Keri empathize with their clients, understanding how easily mental obstacles and everyday distractions can get in the way of a fitness regimen, what with family obligations and smart phones that need to be fed every hour. To help clients soldier through these challenges, they pepper SOS’s site with motivational quotes and posts success stories as sources of inspiration.

The encouraging shouts of Nathan Jordan and his band of fellow certified trainers echo off the bright-green walls of the Jackhammer Strength Training studio, overpowering the clatter of weights and the huff of exercisers. Pulling from their own unique styles and approaches to exercise, each of the three seasoned instructors lead boot camp and personal-training sessions, guiding students of all fitness levels as they grapple with free weights, kettlebells, and suspension straps. The trainers encourage healthy lifestyle beyond the studio by teaching students tricks for improving their diets, such as which low-calorie snacks are most filling, and which greens can make you punch through walls.

Although he's now a fitness expert and personal trainer to the stars, Todd "The Bodyman" wasn't always in perfect health. Todd struggled with both childhood lung disease and a ballooning waistline before losing more than 40 pounds and reclaiming a healthy lifestyle. Not only did he overcome those obstacles, he went on to become a black-belted martial artist, serve in the US Army, and eventually marshal his expertise as an active-lifestyle consultant for NBC 4 television. Today, Body by Todd's online resumé sparkles with celebrities such as actor Danny Glover, NFL pro and sports anchor Cris Carter, and recording artist Marti Dodson.
It's not just Todd who has emerged victorious from personal health battles. His team of trainers—which includes new moms and former cheerleaders, gymnasts, and soccer players—has each eked out hard-scrabble victories against excess weight, losing 25–75 pounds each. Todd and his crew have helped more than 10,000 clients reach their fitness goals with custom programs, using straightforward nutritional guidelines and exercises that, like dinner parties spent rubbing elbows with famous Muppets, are easy on the joints.

Just as its name conveys its year-round commitment to the game of golf, Four Seasons Golf Center's size and scope is easily described in terms of numbers. The outdoor night-lighted driving range furnishes golfers with 80 different tee stations including 50 natural grass tees, all oriented toward five target greens situated downrange and sitting adjacent to an 8,000-square-foot putting green. Meanwhile, underneath the giant dome, 48 more tee stations and three target greens allow swings to continue well after dusk.
Each of these features add up to an immersive golf experience in which players can practice their swings and perfect their putts throughout the year in any weather. When competitiveness begins to percolate, an 18-hole miniature golf course awaits putters. The center also hosts several non-golf programs, including a regular boot camp and martial arts classes for youngsters.

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If you’ve ever known someone in the military, you know that Basic Training—i.e. boot camp—is not something to take lightly. But how does it compare to the boot-camp fitness classes that have sprung up across the country over the last few years? We asked Chuck Dyson, a former United States Army Airborne Sergeant, to see if boot camp is still boot camp without the four-year commitment and regulation combat boots. He’d know better than anyone, as he’s currently in charge of The Sergeant’s Program, the longest-running military-style boot camp in the country. Dyson filled us in on what beginners need to know to be successful in his program—and how, exactly, his program compares to the real thing.Boot Camps Aren’t Just for Super SoldiersJoining the military doesn’t automatically make you a prime physical specimen. Whereas one recruit might have been quarterback of his high-school football team, another might be completely out of shape. It’s for this reason that boot camp is designed to help people in any shape get fitter and stronger in preparation for duty. According to Dyson, boot-camp fitness classes are no different. “Some come in conditioned, and some may come in deconditioned,” he says of his students. “The program is set up so that we can work with any level of physical fitness.”There’s Not as Much Yelling as You Think“One of the things we learned early on is that you can’t do a whole lot of yelling with new people,” Dyson says with a laugh. “We make it fun. We don’t yell and scream or get in people’s faces and embarrass them … but we’re still going to push them.” But how? Well, The Sergeant’s Program challenges students by instilling a sense of accountability and reminding them that they’ll only get what they put in. “As instructors, [we] want to be accountable to you,” Dyson explains, “but we want you to be accountable to the program, as well.” As in the actual military, camaraderie is key, and students often push each other to go that extra mile.It May Not Be the Military, But It Can Sure Feel Like It“A regular [military] boot camp is an all-day event,” Dyson says. “Early in the morning till late at night.” These kinds of hours are obviously impossible for a civilian to keep, but boot-camp fitness classes still try to maintain the essence of the military’s grueling sessions. That’s why many programs schedule classes in the wee hours of the morning, forcing people—or giving them “the opportunity,” as Dyson puts it—to get up early and get their workout in. Many of the classes also involve workouts identical to the military’s, including fundamentals such as running, pushups, bench dips, and pull-ups. The good news? They also incorporate new exercises to keep things interesting. “Just the other night,” Dyson recalls, “I took my class into the woods and had them jumping over creeks.” The bottom line? Fitness boot camps may be punishing workouts, but the good ones are always fun enough to keep students from going AWOL.